
Composition
Baïkal Leather Intense is a unisex eau de parfum from Parfums de Nicolaï, launched in 2019 for the house's 30th anniversary and composed by Patricia de Nicolaï. Inspired by Cuir de Russie, its leather aspect blends guaiac wood essence and smoked pine, revealed by a fiery start of yuzu, pepper and saffron with spearmint. The floral heart of rose and violet envelops the leather, softened by iris butter, tonka beans and white musk.
To me this smells like a Russian winter pressed into leather — yuzu and saffron and pepper snapping cold and bright at the opening, and then the leather arrives, dark and polished, over powdery iris and violet. Pine tar smolders underneath it all, smoky and resinous, like a distant fire in a birch forest. Guaiac wood, vetiver and sandalwood deepen the base into something severe and beautiful. This is leather for people who find most leather too soft. Not for beginners — beginners stay away.
⚠ Not for beginners
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